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Why Do People With the Same Hearing Hear So Differently in Noise?

Two people have the same audiogram results but one can follow conversations at a loud party, while the other feels completely lost and overwhelmed. We set out to examine why.

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I Gave Away My Guitars

I had been a crewman on a destroyer and as I recall was never offered hearing protection during live firing. Naval guns are big and loud! After Covid I noticed difficulty understanding my patients, even with prescription hearing aids. 

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How Our Brainstem Shapes Hearing Aid Success With Noise Reduction

The strength of pitch encoding under noise reduction was linked to how accurately people recognized words in noise. This suggests that measuring NR effects on subcortical speech encoding is doable, and could offer a novel way to predict who will benefit from NR in hearing aids.

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How I Embraced Hearing Aids (and Advocacy) for Life’s Important Moments

If you’ve been diagnosed with a hearing loss, get more opinions. Tell your audiologist you want the telecoil so that when a venue or house of worship has a hearing loop installed.

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The JOY of Hearing Aids

My hearing aids are not left in a drawer or only worn for selected occasions. I love them. The TV can be a reasonable volume, I can engage in the subtleties of conversation. I don't miss the punch line of jokes.

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From Feeling Vertigo to Finding My Voice

Eventually I told my boss that I would have to resign. As it turns out, that was the best decision I could have made. The enormous stress of my job had been a large contributing factor to the severity of my disease, and letting that responsibility go was decidedly the medicine I needed. 

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Hearing, Humor, and the Joy of Jazz

I’ve approached hearing loss with humor over the years and I try to normalize hearing aids in my professional life. They're nothing to be embarrassed about. In fact, they’re essential tools that keep us engaged with the world.

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How My Hearing Loss Is a Win in the Water

After years playing water polo without my hearing aids because it’s a must, I’ve figured out my own game. I’ve got my own tricks.

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The Hidden Impact of Hearing Loss on Mothers and Grandmothers

When I was obtaining my doctorate in audiology, I started noticing some telltale signs of hearing loss when talking to my grandmother.

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Inclusive Stories for Children With Hearing Loss

My firsthand experience with hearing, speech, and language development challenges, both personally and as a parent, helped shape my writing.

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